My heart rate watch strap has broken again. Last time it broke I was able to repair it with a paperclip, but this time it has broken catastrophically, which is to say that I’ve lost a piece. Yes, lost a piece, and worse: a piece whose shape cannot be reasonably approximated with a paperclip.
I dashed through the Internet in a one-horse open laptop. My destination: Polar USA’s web site. My hopes: ordering a replacement strap. Sadly, there I met Failure. Polar wanted me to fax them an order form, but I have the misfortune of living in the great city of Atlanta in the year 2010 and fax machines are scarce on the ground here.
I did, however, learn that Polar makes a line of heart rate equipment for horses.
God, how I wish I had a horse. I would keep him on the heart rate monitor at all times. If I ever felt down, or lonely, I would look at my watch and see his heart rate digitally represented there and think, well, at least I still have Mister Gallops.
Did I mention that my imaginary horse’s name is Mister Gallops? I digress.
Not having the resources to travel back in time — or the motivation to travel to the nearest Kinko’s — I called up Polar, and spoke to David. He said that he not only had just the strap, but that he’d send me one free of charge. It will be here in a few days. In the meantime I have conducted a Repair on the remaining parts of my watch with an elastic hair band and a plastic button thingy.
It seems that things are looking up for me and Mister Gallops.
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